Clamp.



PATENTBD SEPT. 22,1903.

J. VOGT.

CLAMP.

APILIOATION FILED NIB. s. 1903.

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(luvenfoz Patented September 22, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB VOGT, OF NEWBURGH, NEW YORK.

CLAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,365, dated September 22, 1903. A'pplieation filed February 3 1903. Serial No. 141,634. (No model.)

To all whom 212; may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JACOB VOGT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburgh, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clamps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will onable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in clamps, and has for its object to provide a portable clamp adapted to a variety of uses and work and constructed in a cheap and simple manner.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is a side view of the clamp, partly in section, holding two pieces together. Fig. 2 is an end or top view of the clamp. Fig. 3 is a side View. Fig. 4 is a section of a block forming one of the clamp members, and Fig. 5 is a bottom or base view of the steel jaw of the clamp.

Referring specifically to the drawings, a clamp is shown as comprising awooden block forming one jaw or base in combination with a metal member forming the other jaw, and the parts are held together by a bind pro duced by the spring of the'metal member. The wooden block is indicated at 6, preferably rectangular in form. Two of the sides have grooves 7, one of which is preferably curved and the other angular, forming places in which strips or rods may be held more firmly than would otherwise be the case. The block has diametrical holes 8, preferably two in each direction, to receive a stem 9 of the metal member. This stem fits loosely in the hole and in the operation of the clamp is bound therein by pinching against opposite sides of the hole, which action is produced by the spring of the arm 10, which projects from one end of the 'stem. The plurality of holes are provided to adapt the device to diiferent kinds of work and to effect the clamping action at different places on the block. At the end of the arm 10 is a jaw 11. The arm is joined to and extends from the side or edge of the jaw, so as to be out of the way in various operations where the clamp must be close to the place being worked on, as in saw-filing.

In operation the stock 'or material indicated at 12 is placed between the block and the jaw of the metal member. Then by rap a with the mallet on the eml of the stem from which the arm pgojects it is caused to skew and bind in the holeby thedpri'rTg of the arm 10. To release the clamp, the stem may be struck on the otherend or given a smart rap crosswise. 1

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, isp A clamp comprising a block having surfaces of different configurations and holes through said surfaces, and a stem extending through a hole and havingaprojecting springarm adapted to cooperate with diiferent faces of the block. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

' J AGOB VOGT.

Witnesses:

D. J. GOUTANT, WILLIAM E. FLANAGAN, JONATHAN D.- WILSON. 

